article thumbnail

URL Shorteners: Blind(ly) Heading Towards Disaster?

Care2

If you thought email radically changed the way nonprofits communicated with constituents online, then social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter may have challenged you even more. is used and operated by Libya, they are within in their jurisdiction to seize domains that don't comply with their laws. In the case of vb.ly

article thumbnail

Events Roundup: NetSquared Loves You this February

Tech Soup

Tripoli, Libya: NetSquared Tripoli Meetup. Philadelphia, PA: Crowdsourcing Change: Applying the Social Web to Some Philly Nonprofits. Baltimore, MD: February Tech & Social Change - Social Media Analytics. Thursday, January 30. Seattle, WA: Facebook: A Discussion of the Strengths and the Limits of Social Networking.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How Text Messaging Has Revolutionized Giving

BoardAssist

Most of our board placements love nothing better than joining a board where they can be a voice of change. They adopted their SMS campaign in order to reach their 15,000 members quickly to respond to a crisis in Libya. Perhaps that voice in 2017 will be to help your nonprofit adopt text messaging as a new way of fundraising.

Giving 49
article thumbnail

Some Reflections About Civil Society 2.0 and Why I’m Not On A Plane To Tunisia Right Now

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Youtube blocked access to the offensive video in two of the countries in turmoil, Egypt and Libya , but did not remove the video from its Web site. ” Stephanie Rudat, my co-trainer for Tunisia, pointed to a resource that included non-violent tactics for social change.

Tunisia 104
article thumbnail

The 5 Best Social Impact Games of 2010

NTEN

By Jeff Ramos, Community and Content Manager, Games for Change When most people outside gaming think of video games, they typically fall into three buckets: "old school" games like Super Mario and Tetris, social and mobile games like Farmville and Angry Birds, or hyper-violent console games like Grand Theft Auto.

Game 88
article thumbnail

Why Social Movements Need Stories

Tech Soup

The Arab Spring changed the way many of us think about civil society, specifically the role of technology in driving social movements. Occupy Wall Street was another recent example of how stories can drive awareness and change. Simple Storytelling Solutions and the Arab Spring. Signs of the Times: Occupy Wall Street.

Story 60
article thumbnail

Building the World You Want: 6 Nonprofit Campaigns to Consider on International Day of Charity

EveryAction

In response to the Supreme Court’s decision to temporarily grant the Trump administration's request to reinstate portions of its travel ban (blocking people from six countries - Iran, Yemen, Sudan, Syria, Libya and Somalia - from entering the United States), CARE reignited their #BetterThanTheBan campaign. Get Involved. Twitter | Facebook.